Hey, hey, hey!
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Give the people what they want
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Well, its been said before, the world is a stage
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A different performance with every age.
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Open the history book to any old page
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Bring on the lions and open the cage.
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Give the people what they want
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You gotta give the people what they want
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The more they get, the more they need
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And every time they get harder and harder to please
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The roman promoters really did things right.
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They needed a show that would clearly excite.
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The attendance was sparse so they put on a fight
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Threw the christians to the lions, sold out every night
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Give the people what they want
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You gotta give the people what they want
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The more they get, the more they need
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And every time they get harder and harder to please
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Give em lots of sex, perversion and rape
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Give em lots of violence, and plenty to hate
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Give the people what they want
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Give the people what they want
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When olswald shot kennedy, he was insane
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But still we watch the re-runs again and again
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We all sit glued while the killer takes aim
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Hey mom, there goes a piece of the presidents brain!
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Give the people what they want
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You gotta give the people what they want
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Blow out your brains, and do it right
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Make sure its prime time and on a saturday night.
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You gotta give the people what they want
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You gotta give the people what they want
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Give the people what they want
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Give the people what they want
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Give the people what they want
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Give The People What They Want
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| Jimmy Cliff |
